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Haiti - Health : First in Haiti, training of Rehabilitation, Prosthetics and Orthotics Technicians 30/08/2015 11:20:30
The training was conducted at Healing Hands for Haiti by Handicap International with instructors from El Salvador’s University of Don Bosco leading the prosthetics and orthotics training. Motivation-UK delivered training for prescribing and developing wheelchair services. The graduates will assist and treat disability and optimize the independence of persons living with disability. When the USAID and Handicap International program began only 23 physical therapists were identified in Haiti —and all had trained abroad. To further build Haiti’s own capacity to serve a large proportion of the population living with disabilities, the USAID and Handicap International program also sponsored the development of a draft Rehabilitation Technician Standardized Curriculum for the Ministry of Health and Population’s Directorate for Training and Improvement in Health Sciences. Expert advisors from Loma Linda University in California and from Health Volunteers Overseas helped with the creation of the draft which is now awaiting formal adoption by the Ministry. USAID Interim Mission Director Jock Conly speaking at the graduation ceremony said "Persons Living with Disabilities have an important contribution to make to the development of their communities and this nation. In fact, we know their exclusion has a negative impact on general economic and social development. At USAID, it is our policy to strive for the inclusion of disabled persons and children at schools, in political processes, in job training, as well as having access to services such as those provided by this new class of technicians." See also : https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14956-icihaiti-training-first-promotion-of-72-rehabilitation-technicians.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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